Good Morning
What is the first thing you do when you arrive to 5A each morning according to our classroom display?
Put away your school bag
Where do you sit in the 5A classroom?
If you want to ask a question or share something with the class, what do you do?
1. Raise your hand
2. Wait your turn until you are called upon
3. Speak clarly and kindly
Whose job is it to look after your pens, pencils, scissors, ruler, highlighters, glue?
Yours!
At the end of recess or lunch, where do you wait for Mr. Warrick?
One straight line, bottom of the steps outside 5A classroom
How do you know what will be happening in 5A each day?
By checking the daily timetable on the whiteboard
At the beginning of each lesson what do you need to write in your workbook?
Learning Objective and Date
1. Press the doorbell - and wait for everyone to stop, look and listen
2. Raise his hand in the air, and wait for everyone to stop, look and listen
How many books can you borrow from the library each fortnight? And whose responsibility is it to return them?
2 and Yours!!
What are some examples of classroom jobs and when should you complete them?
Tech Ninjas, Whiteboard Cleaners, Reading Log Monitor, Classroom Library organiser, Teacher assistants, Messengers, Cleaning Monitor
What task should you complete both at school and at home daily?
Reading
If you get stuck on a work task, what 3 things can you try before you go to a teacher or E.S for help?
1. Stop and think
2. Look around the classroom (Displays, resources, books)
3. Ask a friend or peer nearby
Finish this sentence
If you don't have anything nice to say...
...don't say anything at all
We don't all have to be best friends with each other, its natural you won't love everyone, but we do need to work together and learn with each other. This is the only time this group will be together as 5A class of 2026, let's have fun with it!
If you pass notes or speak about others unkindly in the classroom, then.....
You will have a big problem!! Don't do it
“Two students finished their work. One said, ‘I’m done.’
The other said, ‘I think I can make this even better,’ and added detail.”
What skill did the second student show?
Initiative = going beyond the minimum
How does Mr. Warrick know if you have been completing your take home reading?
You have filled in your Reading Log daily, and got it checked by the Reading Log monitor each school day.
List 4 work time expectations for the 5A classroom
1. Get started quickly
2. Stay on task, use your time wisely
3. Give your best effort
4. Work quietly unless instructed
What is the difference between dobbing and reporting?
Dobbing (not helpful)
- Trying to get someone in trouble
- Happens over small problems
- Usually you can solve it yourself
Reporting (important)
- Someone is unsafe or hurt
- Something serious is happening
- You've tried to solve it, but need help
If you have completed your work and had it checked by the teacher what are some choices of things you can do?
- Independent Reading, Writing, Drawing
- Colouring sheets, puzzles
- Quiet game with a peer if they have also finished
- iPad time only when Mr Warrick allows
“A classroom was messy after an activity. One student quietly started packing up. Others joined in. Soon the whole room was clean.
No one told them to—they just started.”
What skill did the first student show?
Initiative = doing the right thing without being told
After you have completed all your morning tasks when you arrive to 5A, what do you do before Mr Warrick is ready to start teaching.
Bonus question - If you do this well consistently, what will Mr. Warrick give out?
Read independently at your table
Bonus - Crittercoins!
When you are working on an independent task, should you:
A) Rush to get it finished, with messy handwriting, do Group 1 work even if you are able to do Group 2 or 3 work, distract my friends and hope Mr. Warrick will give me free time
B) Don't do A
“A man was chopping wood all day but getting nowhere. Someone asked, ‘When was the last time you sharpened your axe?’
He said, ‘I don’t have time—I’m too busy chopping.’”
If you need to go to the toilet or get a drink, what is the process, and when should you go?
You should try and go to the toilet and get a drink during break times....
...If you need to go during classtime you must fill in the toilet log, and you can go on your own. One person at a time.
“In a class game, one student kept missing shots. Other students got frustrated.
But one teammate said, ‘Keep going—you’ve got this.’
That player improved and kept trying.”
What skill did the teammate use?
Leadership - 5A is all about building others up, not bringing others down.
1. Pack away your workbooks and stationary
2. Make sure your iPad is on the charger
3. Help pick up rubbish and mess, even if its not yours
4. Push your chair in and wait behind it when you are ready to leave